Supporting Math Equity in Denver Public Schools
“Numeracy is a civil right. Agree?” PEBC facilitator Jailyn Jenkins points to one side of the open auditorium, “or disagree?” […]
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Overview of the PEBC Teaching Framework
PEBC’s Teaching Framework represents over three decades of research and practice in classrooms across the country in pursuit of teaching […]
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New legislation to boost math achievement and support for Colorado students
Colorado students who have been struggling with math the past few years may see some additional support in future years, […]
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Assessment: Rubrics and Trackers
Written trackers can be useful in communicating success criteria to students as well as to invite learners to be agents […]
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Assessment: Additive Rubrics
An additive rubric is a tool for task design that scaffolds students’ success. Beginning in the first column, we can […]
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Learning through Discourse
I met a special education teacher who shared a story about a boy with autism who had not spoken a […]
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Thinking Strategies: Readers’ Workshop
Into the Classroom: Mrs. Blake’s Fifth Grade Readers’ Workshop Mrs. Blake’s students have been fifth graders for seven days. This […]
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Math Workshop
“When I switched to workshop model instruction, my students’ math achievement leapt up by 50 percent in a matter of […]
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Community in the Classroom
Trust, shared purpose, interdependence, mutual support, and safety in taking risks are some of the features of an effective community. […]
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What: Plan for Agency and Understanding
Believe in the children, fight foolishness, and learn who our children are and the legacies they bring, education expert Lisa […]
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An Overview of Phenomenal Teaching
What does it look like to build students’ agency and understanding amidst shifting standards, changing assessments, waves of mandated curricula, […]
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Introduction to Phenomenal Teaching
This blog post is part of a series excerpted from the 2020 PEBC publication Phenomenal Teaching. The book is available […]
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